Hat game

ABSTRACT

A game made up of an apron and a hat. The hat has a brim turned up to receive water and has a pin attached to the top. The apron has a trough about waist high extending around it. The hat is adapted to receive water in its trough around it. The object of the game is to fill the hat crown with water, walk over an obstacle course, and pierce a balloon which is filled with water or air and supported on a wall or the like without spilling any water from the hat crown into the hat brim. If water is spilled into the brim, it can leak out through holes in the brim into the trough. The skirt alone may be used to play a game with a ball rolling around the trough of the skirt.

United States Patent [191 Witkowski Dec. 11, 1973 1 HAT GAME 2| Appl. No.: 221,505

OTHER PUBLlCATIONS .luggling by Dittrich, 1967, pp. 83-85, 87-89, 91,

92,105 & 106.

Primary ExaminerAnton O. Oeschsle Assistant ExaminerPaul E. Shapiro Attorney-Charles L. Lovercheck [57] ABSTRACT A game made up of an apron and a hat. The hat has a brim turned up to receive water and has a pin attached to the top. The apron has a trough about waist high extending around it. The hat is adapted to receive water in its trough around it. The object of the game is to fill the hat crown with water, walk over an obstacle course, and pierce a balloon which is filled with water or air and supported on a wall or the like without spilling any water from the hat crown into the hat brim. If water is spilled into the brim, it can leak out through holes in the brim into the trough. The skirt alone may be used to play a game with a ball rolling around the trough of the'skirt.

8 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures PATENTED DEC] 1 I973 SIEUIUFZ -FIG. 2

FIG'I mm 1 ms ssmzurz ,FIG F HAT GAME OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the invention to provide an improved game.

Another object of the invention is to provide a game made up of a hat and apron wherein the player has water supported in the crown of the hat. A pin is attached to the top of the hat which can be used for piercing a balloon. The object of the game is to pierce the balloon without spilling water from the crown of the hat into the brim of the hat.

With the above and other objects in view, the present invention consists of the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes may be made in the form, size, proportions, and minor details of construction without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front view showing the apron in cross section on a player and a hat supported on the players head.

FIG. 2 is a view of another embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 3 is a view of a balloon comprising a part of the invention.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The hat 12 has a large brim that turns up at its edges 13 and forms a trough 14 in it, having drain holes 15 that extend through and drain water that may spill into the trough. The hat crown has a reservoir 16 that is in a concave form and may be from one-half inch to 3 inches deep. A pin 17 is rigidly attached to the upper rim of the reservoir 16 and extends upwardly. The hat will be of a form suitable to be supported on the head of a player.

The bottom of the reservoir 16 may be concave or flat to rest on the top of the head of the player.

The garment or apron may be open at the front and fit over the shoulders of the player and have suitable tie strings 30 on it. The neck opening 17' may be large enough to pass over the head of the player. The garment may have suitable buttons 18 to close it at the front and a tie string to hold the trough 20 together. An air valve 21 is provided, which can be inflated by mouth. A cap 22 may be held in place by friction to prevent the air from escaping.

To play the game, the hat is placed on the head of an individual, and the reservoir 16 is filled with water. The garment 10 is put around the players shoulders and buttoned by means of buttons 18, and the trough inflated by blowing up the space 23 by means of the tube 21. The player then attempts to pierce the target balloon that may be supported below shoulder height without spilling water from the reservoir 16 into the trough 14 where it will drain out through holes into the trough in the garment.

As shown in the embodiment of FIG. 2, a candle 117 or a lighted cigarette can be substituted for the pin on the hat for puncturing the balloon 130. In that case, a candle 117 or cigarette will be fixed to the hat at the rim of the reservoir 116 and the player will try to puncture the target balloon.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 4, a skirt is shown that has a trough in which a ball 121 may be disposed. The skirt is supported around the waists of two individuals 139 and 140, who may be a man and a woman to add more interest to the case. The two people put their bodies through the opening 117 of the skirt and the belt 118 with its buckle 119 holds the skirt in place. The skirt is inflated as is the skirt in FIG. 1 and water may be placed in the trough 120 so that the ball 121 may be rolled around in the water. The purpose of the game is for the parties to try to make the ball go around the trough. The couple that, by moving their hips like a hula dancer, makes the ball go around the trough the greatest number of times in a given time interval wins the game.

The foregoing specification sets forth the invention in its preferred practical forms but the structure shown is capable of modification within a range of equivalents without departing from the invention which is to be understood is broadly novel as is commensurate with the appended claims.

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

l. A game made up of a hat and a target object,

said hat has a reservoir in its crown and a piercing member attached to said crown,

said piercing member is adapted to pierce said target object supported about shoulder height from the player whereby the player will pierce said targer without spilling water from said reservoir in said hat.

2. The game recited in claim 1 wherein said hat has an upwardly turned brim forming a trough.

3. The game recited in claim 2 wherein said hat has at least one drain hole in said trough whereby water spilled from said crown reservoir drains out of said trough.

4. The game recited in claim 1 wherein said target is a balloon.

5. The game recited in claim 1 wherein'said piercing member is a pin.

6. The game recited in claim 1 wherein said piercing member is a cigarette.

7. The game recited in claim 1 wherein said piercing member is a candle.

8. In combination, a hat, and an apron, and a balloon,

said hat having a water reservoir and a sharp object extending therefrom,

said apron being adapted to be supported around the shoulders of a player,

a generally annular air receptacle around the skirt of the apron whereby a trough is formed adapted to receive water spilled from said hat when a player attempts to puncture said balloon by said sharp object. 

1. A game made up of a hat and a target object, said hat has a reservoir in its crown and a piercing member attached to said crown, said piercing member is adapted to pierce said target object supported about shoulder height from the player whereby the player will pierce said targer without spilling water from said reservoir in said hat.
 2. The game recited in claim 1 wherein said hat has an upwardly turned brim forming a trough.
 3. The game recited in claim 2 wherein said hat has at least one drain hole in said trough whereby water spilled from said crown reservoir drains out of said trough.
 4. The game recited in claim 1 wherein said target is a balloon.
 5. The game recited in claim 1 wherein said piercing member is a pin.
 6. The game recited in claim 1 wherein said piercing member is a cigarette.
 7. The game recited in claim 1 wherein said piercing member is a candle.
 8. In combination, a hat, and an apron, and a balloon, said hat having a water reservoir and a sharp object extending therefrom, said apron being adapted to be supported around the shoulders of a player, a generally annular air receptacle around the skirt of the apron whereby a trough is formed adapted to receive water spilled from said hat when a player attempts to puncture said balloon by said sharp object. 